Mmm pie, the humble pie, where would we be without it? In our eyes pie should be a food group, with pie the possibilities are endless; there is the continual debate on whether pies should be sweet or savoury, you can have pie with a lid, without a lid, a striped lid, a criss-cross lid, a lid with a hole in and a bird popping out! You can have healthy pies, naughty pies, diary free pies, gluten free pies, meat pies, vegetarian pies. They can be cased in puff, shortcrust, flakey, filo pastry or even potatoes! Shall I go on? I won’t for now as we do have a whole week to celebrate the worldly loved dish that is the pie!

Today we have apple and raspberry pie, a easy and quick recipe from our copy-writing genius Sarah!

Ingredients:

Apples – from the garden if possible, use your local nature’s resources!

Ready made pastry – *hangs head in shame*

Handful of frozen raspberries (can go a bit mushified) or fresh ones

A sprinkling of sugar, brown is best!

How to:

Use a pie tin if possible, if it is non stick just pop a wiping of butter around it to prevent it all sticking! If you are using a standard dish then line bottom with baking paper and butter the sides thoroughly!

Roll your pastry out so it is a few mm’s thick -leave enough to make strips for the lid! Lay it in your dish, gently prodding the pastry into the edge of the pie dis, cut any excess party off at the tops on the sides.

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Now we’re not trying to rock the boat too much here! We love a classic pancake as much as the next person. But if you’re looking for a way to make Pancake Day 2015 a little bit more sophisticated, (or just less sugary!), we’ve got some cracking Savoury Pancake Recipes for you to try out before you go all out sugar crazy!